Dante 01

Dante 01 (2008)

  • 33% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 21% of users liked it
    (2,109 ratings)

Delicatessen and City of Lost Children co-director Marc Caro makes his solo directorial debut with this nightmarish tale of a deep space prison and the newly arrived inmate suffering from a mysterious alien infection. Dante 01 is a maximum-security penitentiary located at the edge of the galaxy.… More

In Theaters
Jan 2, 2008 Wide
On DVD
Apr 21, 2009
The Weinstein Company

Critic Reviews

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...a terminally dull sci-fi effort...

  • Keith Breese, Filmcritic.com

    resembles a poorly translated Heavy Metal comic strip.

  • Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com

    Dante 01 isn't science fiction, it's just allegory with technology. The symbols are all on the surface...

  • James O'Ehley, Sci-Fi Movie Page

    Reeks of something written by a self-important first-year philosophy student . . .

  • Luke Y. Thompson, L.A. Weekly

    ...best described as The Green Mile meets Solaris on the set of Alien Resurrection.

Read all 6 critic reviews

Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com

Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)

Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)

Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bruce B


    This film is from the 2008 Screamfest Festival. Not as good as some of the other movies show at this festival, matter of fact it was way out there. Its put out by Dimension Extreme, so I knew I was in for something wild. About a prison in space where a new inmate is sent with what… More

  • A.D. V


    A very strange mixture of sci-fi and thriller with some religious allegory thrown in. Some of it doesn't make any sense (to me) but so much of it does and I enjoyed the trademark look that Caro brings over from previous efforts that he made with co-director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.… More

  • Luke B


    Marc Caro made some amazing films when paired with Jean-Pierre Jeunet. This is his first film in 10 years and it's a huge disappointment. What starts off as an intriguing idea soon spirals into madness, cheapness and poor film making. The religious symbolism soon becomes a mallet… More